Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Senators question FBI's Patriot Act powers & warn FBI could lose power

A Senate panel wants to know if the Patriot Act needs to be revised to keep the FBI from illegally or improperly gathering telephone, e-mail and financial records of Americans and foreigners while pursuing terrorists.



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The Pentagon’s Power to Jail Americans Indefinitely

The presiding judge in the José Padilla case has held that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of a speedy trial does not protect American citizens from being indefinitely incarcerated by the Pentagon.



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With Just Wind, Generate 10,000 kW Electrical Power in Your Backyard

The QR5, from U.K.-based Quietrevolution, is a residential-scale wind turbine that generates enough electricity to power a standard U.S. home or a small office. It also looks like a piece of wind-powered sculpture.



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Quote From Republican President Theodore Roosevelt - Criticism of President

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."-- Theodore Roosevelt



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Clinton Promises Universal Healthcare If Elected President

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is promising a universal health care system if she's elected president. How can we afford to provide health insurance for the entire UNIVERSE? You know how many illegal aliens will be coming to this planet?

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Drug Dealer Claims Sean Bell Shot Him In Turf War Last Summer

A new twist has emerged in the Sean Bell case, as a Queens drug dealer accuses Bell of shooting him last summer in a turf war. What does this have to do with THIS case at all? Throw those pork chops in JAIL.

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Con Ed To Spend Billions On Upgrades

Some business owners in northwest Queens say while they support Con Edison's plan to upgrade its power system, they want some guarantees from the utility and more compensation stemming from July's outage that left them in the dark for nine days.

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Banned UN Speech:

Wow. This is a must see clip from March 23, 2007, in which UN Watch director Hillel Neuer really unloads on the blatantly corrupt UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva
—and then is denounced by furious council president Luis Alfonso De Alba, who threatens to remove Neuer’s statement from the record.

The United Nations at work.
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Diebold Loses Massachusetts Contract

Diebold has lost their $9 million polling machine contact with the state of Massachusetts



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